College of Engineering News
Top Stories
- Securing Military Wireless Networks
- Yamazaki Elected Fellow of Society of Manufacturing Engineers
- [Video] Recorded Lecture by Alumnus Francis Lee '74
- Electronic Waste Needs to Go Green
- Q & A with National Medal of Science winner Berni Alder
- New Engineering Faculty Welcomed for 2009-2010
Awards
Yamazaki Elected Fellow of Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Kazuo Yamazaki, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Yamazaki’s work focuses on using computers to control machine tools in manufacturing, as well as the design and control of manufacturing processes and development of related software.
College Awards Recognize Four Engineering Faculty
Three awards given by the College of Engineering recognize researchers and educators who merit special mention for their achievements at various stages in their careers and a fourth honors great teaching.
Levent Kavvas Receives Prestigious Civil Engineering Award
Civil engineering professor Levent Kavvas has received the 2009 Ven Te Chow Award, the highest honor awarded a hydrologic engineer by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and its specialty organization, the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI).
Q & A with National Medal of Science winner Berni Alder
Computational pioneer Berni Alder recently received the National Medal of Science, presented by President Obama at a White House ceremony. UC Davis science writer Andy Fell interviewed the emeritus professor about the experience and about his life in science.
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Receives GAANN Fellowship Funding
The Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science has received a U.S. Department of Education GAANN Award to enhance graduate education. The award provides fellowships totaling $174,208 a year for 3 years, with a match of an additional 25 percent of the total from UC Davis.
Pan Receives CAREER Award for Printable Lab-on-a-Chip Research
Tingrui Pan, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his research using micro-nanotechnology to create cell-analysis tools with an inexpensive customized Xerox office printer.
Neff Receives CAREER Award For Research in Computer Animation
Michael Neff, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award that recognizes and supports promising junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholar. The funding supports Neff's research in creating better computer tools for character animation.
Computational Pioneer Berni Alder Receives National Medal of Science
Computational pioneer Berni Alder, a retired physicist from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and professor emeritus in the Department of Applied Science at the University of California, Davis, has received the National Medal of Science.
NSF CAREER Award for Horsley
David A. Horsley, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award to support research in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS).
Jenkins Receives Linneborn Prize
Bryan M. Jenkins, professor of biological and agricultural engineering, has received the Johannes Linneborn Prize at the 17th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. The Prize recognizes Jenkins contributions to the development of energy from biomass.
Yamazaki Receives Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal
Kazuo Yamazaki, a professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering, has received the Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. The medal — which recognizes significant published research leading to a better understanding of factors involved in improving manufacturing processes — was awarded to Yamazaki for his body of research and development.
Bruce Gates Named 2009 Robert Burwell Lecturer
Bruce C. Gates, a distinguished professor of chemical engineering and materials science, has been awarded the 2009 Robert Burwell Lectureship in Catalysis from the North American Catalysis Society.